My new article in the December Sky & Telescope
November 2, 2016
It’s late and my computer is almost dead, so I’m just going to link to the longer announcement/acknowledgment post on my paleontology blog. Enjoy!
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Dude, that is nice.
Congratulations.
Thanks! Sometimes a hard problem is the best kind of fun, and that was certainly the case here.
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